Felling trees on Village Green

Basic details

Felling trees on Village Green is a manuscript.

The language is English.

Its dimensions are 6.84 in. x 5.47 in..

It was created sometime in 1849.

Worthington Historical Society is the contributor.

Capt. Levi Pinney is the creator.

You can find the original at Worthington Historical Society.

Background

Capt. Levi Pinney (b. 1782, d. 1869) relates the felling of trees on Worthington's Village Green in the spring of 1803 at the age of 21. He was a member of the Scioto Company's advance party that accompanied James Kilbourn to the land in Ohio that was chosen for the planned community of Worthington. The advance party cleared land, planted corn, surveyed town lots and erected temporary shelters for the remainder of the settlers that arrived in the fall of 1803. Levi Pinney was 67 years old when he wrote this account.

Subjects

It covers the topic trees.

It covers the Worthington neighborhood Village Green.

Record details

This file was reformatted digital in the format video/jpeg2000.

The Worthington Memory identification code is whs0817.

The Worthington Historical Society identification code is 68-G-24.

This metadata record was human prepared by Worthington Libraries on December 14, 2005. It was last updated November 3, 2025.

Copyright

No Copyright - United States

Felling trees on Village Green from the collections of the Worthington Historical Society (WHS) may be used for educational purposes as long as it is not altered in any way and proper credit is given: "Courtesy of the Worthington Historical Society, Worthington, OH." Prior written permission of the WHS is required for any other use of Felling trees on Village Green. Contact WHS at info@worthingtonhistory.org to request permission.